期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 199, 期 7, 页码 971-979出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031579
关键词
tolerance; autoreactive T cells; autoimmune disease; L-selectin
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [P01 AI39671, P01 AI039671, R01 AI44447-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS24247, R01 NS024247] Funding Source: Medline
CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells contribute to the maintenance of peripheral tolerance by active suppression because their deletion causes spontaneous autoimmune diseases in mice. Human CD4(+) regulatory T cells expressing high levels of CD25 are suppressive in vitro and mimic the activity of murine CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease thought to be inediated by T cells recognizing myelin protein peptides. We hypothesized that altered functions of CD4(+)CD25(hi) regulatory T cells play a role in the breakdown of immunologic self-tolerance in patients with MS. Here, we report a significant decrease in the effector function of CD4(+)CD25(hi) regulatory T cells from peripheral blood of patients with MS as compared with healthy donors. Differences were also apparent in single cell cloning experiments in which the cloning frequency of CD4(+)CD25(hi) T cells was significantly reduced in patients as compared with normal controls. These data are the first to demonstrate alterations of CD(4+)CD25(hi) regulatory T cell function in patients with MS.
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